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Cindy Lam
Cindy Lam

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Heroku Error: item could not be retrieved unauthorized

It has taken me a while to figure out why I got this particular error (displaying in red at the top right corner under my profile image in Heroku) since I did not find any relevant info in Google search.

The error means that there is an issue with an authorization specifically on your Github account (this could be due to, I guess, inactivity in the deployment of GitHub projects linked with Heroku).

The solution is pretty straight forward:
(1) Click on the Deploy section in Heroku
(2) Scroll to App connected to GitHub
(3) Click on the Disconnect... button
(4) Allow the authorization in the connection between Github and Heroku -> Enter your Github password
(5) Reconnect to your Github project
(6) Then you should be able to deploy successfully in the Manual deploy or Automatic deploys sections!!

Hope this helps if you also encounter the similar issue! :)

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kevin-weitgenant

just created an account here to thank you!

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Cindy Lam • Edited

Ty! Glad It is helpful! :)

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Victoradukwu

You saved a life, bro! Thanks!

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Cindy Lam

Np! Glad it helps you out!

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Ogo-Ogo

thank u! it helps indeed

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Cindy Lam • Edited

Glad it is helpful to you! :)

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r-julien

Thanks bro it's working I was struggling with that for 30 minutes